The poll found a striking slippage in the president’s standing among white evangelical Christians, a constituency that has provided a strong vote cushion for Republican candidates in recent elections. In November 2004, 76 percent of white evangelical Christians in Ohio voted for Mr. Bush. When asked in this poll whether they approved or disapproved of the job Mr. Bush was doing as president, 49 percent approved while 45 percent disapproved.

New Jersey
Immigration, Iraq and the minimum wage were major topics in Tuesday night’s debate between Senator Bob Menendez and state Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., his Republican challenger.

Maryland
Mike Tyson has offered to come out of retirement and box again to help Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele beat his Democratic opponent, Representative Benjamin L. Cardin. Mr. Steele, a black Republican, accused Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the Democratic whip, of making a “racist” remark by saying the candidate has “a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party.”

Missouri
As familial conflicts of interest emerge as a new issue, Claire McCaskill, the state auditor and Democratic candidate, would not say how she would deal with the potential of voting on issues that would affect her husbands business interests. She is in one of the country’s tightest races against Senator Jim Talent.

Well, the Exit Polls in the Presidential elections in 2004 rubber stamped that John F. Kerry was winning and the results were other.
Republicans will vote at the last minute and the Dems don’t count w/that probability that is a very important factor.

President Obama drew criticism on Thursday when he said, “we don’t have a strategy yet,” for military action against ISIS in Syria. Lawmakers will weigh in on Mr. Obama’s comments on the Sunday shows.Read more…